---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION-PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION -- GLOCESTER -- EXEMPTION OF ELDERLY AND DISABLED PERSONS"
description: "Amends the current statute governing exemptions from property taxes for elderly and the disabled in the town of Glocester."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 3262"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3262 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-05-05"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f35343d2-1159-4ba4-b3dc-3a2cf8ecf9f8"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "3d38c9518b84c3d3bf77b890e9d71c1c9c2f595dface9c13b2e6bdcf50815e5b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island SB 3262 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION-PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION -- GLOCESTER -- EXEMPTION OF ELDERLY AND DISABLED PERSONS

Amends the current statute governing exemptions from property taxes for elderly and the disabled in the town of Glocester.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **3262 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3262aa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **66–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AS AMENDED — **64–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- de la Cruz — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-05-05** 05/05/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/21/2026)
- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/27/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-27** 05/27/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2026)
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-24** 06/24/2026 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f35343d2-1159-4ba4-b3dc-3a2cf8ecf9f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).